Weekly equivalised income of households at top of selected income percentile

15

20th(P20)

$

1997-1998

421

439

420

398

422

408

491

519

420

16

50th(P50)

$

1997-1998

725

722

700

627

739

595

860

943

716

17

80th(P80)

$

1997-1998

1,229

1,178

1,125

1,071

1,206

963

1,281

1,428

1,180

Ratios of weekly equivalised incomes of households at top of selected income percentiles

18

P90/P10

ratio

1997-1998

4.11

3.90

3.80

3.59

4.07

3.41

4.13

4.44

3.96

19

P80/P20

ratio

1997-1998

2.92

2.68

2.68

2.69

2.86

2.36

2.61

2.75

2.81

20

P80/P50

ratio

1997-1998

1.70

1.63

1.61

1.71

1.63

1.62

1.49

1.51

1.65

21

P20/P50

ratio

1997-1998

0.58

0.61

0.60

0.63

0.57

0.69

0.57

0.55

0.59

Share of weekly equivalised income received by households with:

22

High incomes

%

1997-1998

40.2

37.9

38.9

37.8

40.3

39.1

35.6

35.9

39.2

23

Low incomes

%

1997-1998

9.8

10.6

10.3

10.9

10.0

11.2

10.4

10.2

10.2

24

Gini coefficient of weekly equivalised household income

ratio

1997-1998

0.336

0.307

0.316

0.308

0.332

0.304

0.290

0.295

0.322

SOURCES OF INCOME

Units

Years

NSW

Vic.

Qld

SA

WA

Tas.

NT

ACT

Aust.

Main source of income - of all households

25

Wages and salaries

%

1998

r56.8

r59.8

r55.8

r49.3

r57.9

r51.5

r72.4

r65.7

r57.0

26

Own business or partnership

%

1998

5.6

5.9

6.9

5.2

7.9

4.2

*3.2

*4.9

6.0

27

Government pensions and allowances

%

1998

r29.2

r25.1

r29.4

r35.5

r26.0

r36.7

r21.1

r15.9

r28.4

28

Other

%

1998

7.5

8.2

7.1

7.7

7.2

6.8

n.a.

12.6

7.6

Income support

Main source of income is government pensions and allowances - proportion of all households in selected life-cycle groups

29

Lone person aged under 35

%

1998

15.1

*11.9

*13.9

*17.5

*25.3

*36.6

n.a.

n.a.

16.1

30

Couple only, reference person aged under 35

%

1998

*6.4

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

3.9

31

Couple with dependent children only

%

1998

12.8

7.8

12.3

16.7

*7.4

*11.5

n.a.

n.a.

10.9

32

One parent with dependent children only

%

1998

60.2

54.1

62.4

70.0

56.5

62.7

n.a.

**47.6

59.1

33

Couple only, reference person aged 65 and over

%

1998

66.8

67.0

60.4

72.6

61.5

75.7

n.a.

**32.7

65.6

34

Lone person aged 65 and over

%

1998

81.1

71.0

80.6

79.4

77.1

88.0

n.a.

**51.5

78.1

Recipients of selected government payments

35

Labour market program allowance(a)

'000

2001

196.2

147.1

151.1

58.7

66.3

23.6

15.4

6.0

664.9

36

Single-parent payment(b)

'000

2002

141.5

95.4

95.2

35.1

45.1

12.8

6.0

5.4

436.6

37

Disability support pension(b)

'000

2002

217.1

155.2

124.9

63.0

55.1

22.9

5.2

6.7

658.9

38

Age pension(b)

'000

2002

601.4

462.8

308.6

170.6

151.0

49.2

5.7

16.5

1,810.8

39

Age pensioners - of persons of qualifying age

%

2001

62.4

65.7

63.7

69.3

63.1

66.9

64.4

51.4

65.8

40

Females - of all age pensioners

%

2001

62.4

62.2

61.4

62.2

62.4

62.2

57.1

64.4

61.6

(a) Point in time data which will not match average of weekly data. This data include people whom receive a nil rate of payment.(b) Components do not add to Australian total because total for Australia includes payments to people living overseas and where valid geographic data were not available.Reference periods: Data for income distribution and sources of income (except average weekly total earnings data which are at May) are for the year ending 30 June. Income support data are at June.